The next day, Fengqi Palace paid respects.
Because the palace was investigating Yi Wanrong's miscarriage, everyone was cautious and quarrels were rare.
The Queen Mother is still missing. She was really angry before, and then she caught a cold in the cold wave at the beginning of the month. Now she is really sick.
Chen Wanrong was very dedicated and served by the bedside day and night, which helped to dispel much of the empress dowager's resentment towards her being out of favor.
Concubine Wen was due to give birth in less than a month, and the Queen was busy arranging the delivery, preparing for the New Year's Eve palace banquet, and investigating Concubine Yi Wanrong's miscarriage. She was so busy that she looked exhausted.
On this day, just after the greetings were over, He Dahai, the chief eunuch of the Ministry of Punishment, rushed to Fengqi Palace.
"Empress, it's bad. The woman who committed the crime was poisoned to death!"
As soon as He Dahai came in, he knelt on the ground, sweating all over his head. It was unclear whether it was because of the heat from running too fast or because of fear.
"What?" The Queen was shocked. "How did you get poison into a place like the Ministry of Punishment?"
"Your servant, I have ordered people to keep a close eye on her, but the old woman died after drinking a bowl of porridge this morning. In less than a cup of tea, blood was gushing out of all her orifices. Even the imperial physician couldn't save her!" He Dahai said with a sad face.
Because they wanted to investigate a case, this person couldn't be allowed to starve to death, so they still gave him two bowls of porridge every morning and evening, but somehow poison got mixed in with it, and this incident happened.
The queen's eyelids were twitching. She was anxious and angry. How could she investigate the case when the man was dead
It was she who requested to investigate the case, and the emperor had ordered that a result must be found. Now that the person is gone, others would think that she was the one who did it.
After all, during this period of time, only the Queen's people could contact that old woman.
"You come with me to see the Emperor." The Queen was troubled, but she had to report to Jiuchen Palace.
Jiuchen Palace.
After Ning Chen heard what He Dahai said, he immediately smashed a teacup.
It hit He Dahai's forehead and blood gushed out immediately. He Dahai didn't dare to dodge and begged for mercy with gritted teeth.
In the court today, Wu's father was extremely sad and begged him to find out the real culprit who murdered the royal heir. But now he was told that the person was dead and the clues were gone. Wouldn't that make it difficult for him
"Your Majesty, this is my fault. Please punish me. But please trust me. If I were the real murderer, I would never ask for an investigation and poison that woman. This is too obvious. I think the person behind this must be afraid of being found out, so he killed her!"
The queen knelt down and made a few excuses for herself.
She was so angry that the person who did it obviously wanted to not only cut off the clues, but also to throw dirty water on her.
Ning Chen turned the ring on his hand, took a deep breath, and helped the queen up.
"Don't worry, I won't doubt you, but He Dahai failed in his duty in this matter, so I sentence him to death."
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please spare my life. Your Majesty, please spare my life. Your servant... Mmmm..." He Dahai cried.
Yuan Jiu did not give him a chance to speak. He took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and stuffed it into his mouth, then signaled the two eunuchs guarding the door to drag the man away.
The queen was frightened and said nervously, "Your Majesty, this matter..."
"The eunuch He Dahai, who was in charge of the Ministry of Punishment, was bribed by someone who was plotting to murder the heir to the throne. He was discovered after poisoning a prisoner and committed suicide out of fear of punishment. The clues were cut off and the person behind the crime could not be found. Yi Wanrong lost her child and was promoted to a beauty."
Ning Chen's eyes were so dark and his voice was so cold that the queen couldn't help but shiver.
"Empress, I don't want this kind of thing to happen again in the harem. Concubine Wen is about to give birth. If anything unexpected happens, you can handle it yourself."
"I will definitely take good care of Concubine Wen's fetus, as well as Concubine Wang and Concubine Xia. I will never dare to harm the royal heir again." The Queen's voice trembled a little.
Although they were a young couple, Ning Chen's imperial majesty had become more and more apparent since he entered the palace. He was no longer as casual as he was when he was still in the palace. Now she was a little afraid.
When the queen came out of Jiuchen Palace, a gust of wind blew past and she couldn't help shivering.
Only then did she realize that she was covered in cold sweats in the winter.
After she left, Ning Chen issued another imperial decree, and Yi Wanrong's brother Wu Yiping was promoted to a higher rank, and the Wu family also received a lot of rewards as a consolation for the murder of Yi Wanrong.
The Wu family was naturally satisfied. After being pregnant for more than a month, they got these benefits in exchange, so they knew what to do and stopped making trouble.
But in this matter, Ning Chen still doubted the Queen to some extent.
As the saying goes, the darkest place is under the lamp. After all, the queen had taken action against her children when she was in the palace. Now that Wu and Ye both have good family backgrounds and are favored by the queen, it is naturally a good strategy to kill two birds with one stone.
However, there is no evidence in this matter, and nothing can be done rashly. After all, the Queen is the Empress, and only if Ning Chen gives her enough face can the concubines in the harem obey and avoid chaos.
Moreover, the Queen is not the only one who can make changes in the Ministry of Punishment.
Several high positions in the harem, including Shufei, Wenfei, Jingfei, Yanxiuyi, and even the Empress Dowager or the Grand Noble Consort, have been in the palace for many years and have established many spies and connections.
Back to the present, when this matter came out, Yao Xiang was drinking tea with the Grand Concubine in Ci'an Palace.
"With something like this happening right under our noses, it looks like Xie isn't very useful." The Imperial Concubine mocked.
Yao Xiang's face was indifferent. "I don't know who is behind this. They did it so cleanly. Even if the emperor didn't punish her, the queen would definitely make people suspicious."
The Grand Concubine smiled and said, "It seems that there are still capable people in the harem."
He paused and sighed, then took Yao Xiang's hand and said, "Girl, you have beauty, skills, and talents. Why is the emperor so lukewarm towards you?"
"Perhaps, the time has not come yet." Yao Xiang lowered her eyes. "The emperor is somewhat prejudiced against the Yao family. When Chen first entered the palace, she was very active and even with the support of the empress dowager, she still did not end up well. My niece thought that if she took things slow and acted like a down-to-earth person, the emperor would remember her over time."
The Grand Concubine nodded and said, "You have always been steady. Since you have a plan in mind, I won't say much."
Yao Xiang responded with a smile, and stood up to rub the shoulders of the Grand Concubine, which made the Grand Concubine more and more satisfied with her.
She had her own plans for competing for favor, and calculating the time, the opportunity she had been waiting for would soon come.
In her previous life, she relied on this incident to become one of the Nine Concubines and win a place in Ning Chen's heart. How could she let go of such a good opportunity in this life
Moreover, you need to make careful preparations so that you can get more benefits.
With the death of the person, the matter of Yi Wanrong's miscarriage was also over.
It is true that Ye Jun has been recuperating these days, but he has been thinking about the strangeness of this matter in his mind.
In her opinion, although the queen was a suspect, if it were her, it would be more convincing to just pick someone else to take the blame than to just kill the old woman.
It happened twice in a row. Last time, it was Li Meiren who took the blame, but this time there was no suitable scapegoat, so no results were found.
This feeling that the enemy was in the dark and she was in the light made her very uncomfortable.
Huatangxiugeshuo
From now on, I will update one chapter at midnight. I will update two thousand or four thousand words every day. When there are four thousand words, one chapter will be updated around eight o'clock in the evening.